Re: Hmmm, I'm stumped...

From: Scott Lurndal (scott_at_slp53.sl.home)
Date: 09/09/04


Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:54:36 GMT

baskitcaise <baskitcaise@hotmail.com> writes:

>>
>> 4: Screen goes black after X minutes of inactivity. Screen saver is
>> off, and I
>> don't have a laptop so don't need power saver stuff enabled. How can
>> I make it stop going dark?
>
>DPMS? have a look in Control Center>Peripherals>Display>Power Control
>tab.

Of it is DPMS you can interrogate it with

bash$ xset q

Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On

and you can disable it with

bash$ xset -dpms

scott

>
>This used to be under Control Center>Power Control but has been moved it
>KDE 3.3.
>
>--
>Mark
>Iligitimi Non Carborundum!
>Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK
>onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx



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